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Ryan Wischow made 31 saves in his collegiate debut to lead the UMass Minutemen to a 3-0 victory over Colorado College Friday night in the season-opener for each team at the Mullins Center in Amherst, Mass.
 
After a scoreless first period in which the Tigers outshot UMass, 12-4, Jonny Lazarus gave the Minutemen a 1-0 lead at the 11:03 mark of the second period with a power-play goal. Lazarus collected the puck in the slot and sent a wrister from the right circle past CC freshman netminder Alex Leclerc.
 
"After the first couple of minutes, we kind of took over the first period," CC head coach Mike Haviland said. "It was a good period for us, then we took a couple of undisciplined penalties in the second."
 
Despite being outshot 31-18 in the game and 14-4 in the third period, UMass added two goals in the final 20 minutes. Anthony Petrella scored just 2:08 into the third period and William Lagesson added the final tally at the 12:25 mark.
 
Leclerc showed well in his first collegiate appearance, turning away 15 shots, including some from point-blank range.
 
"Alex looked good tonight," Haviland said. "We just need to help him by executing better on the power play."
 
The Tigers did not convert any of their nine power-play opportunities and attempted nearly half of their shots (15 of 31) with the extra-man advantage. Conversely, outside of Lazarus' power-play goal, the CC penalty kill was perfect in its other six opportunities.
 
Junior defenseman Teemu Kivihalme led all players with six shots, followed by freshman Branden Makara with five. Shane Bear and Marc Hetnik led UMass with four shots apiece.
 
The same two teams will meet in the series finale on Saturday, Oct. 8, beginning at 7 p.m. (ET).